ProntoWiki vs. TWiki vs. Wiki on a Stick

General Features ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Version
1.0.1
TWiki-6.1.0
0.12.0
Last Release Date
2026-04-04 (today)
2018-07-16 (7 years ago)
2010-06-21 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
2019-07-19 (6 years ago)
2010-08-24 (15 years ago)
Author
Clay Alberty
Peter Thoeny, TWiki community
legolas558
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
BSD
GPL
GPLv2
Programming Language
C#
Perl, JavaScript
JavaScript
Data Storage
Database
Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
Free
N/A
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Large enterprise; small to medium businesses
Advanced End Users
System Requirements ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Operating System
Windows
Linux, Windows, OS-X and other
OS Independent (Browser Application)
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
IIS 5+
Almost any webserver, typically Apache and Ngnix
Other Requirements
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
RCS (optional), cron/scheduler, fgrep, egrep; Plugins may have additional dependencies
JavaScript-capable browser
Datastorage ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Text Files
Unknown
Yes
No
MySQL
Unknown
No
No
PostgreSQL
Unknown
No
No
Oracle
Unknown
No
No
SQLite
Unknown
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Unknown
No
No
RCS
Unknown
Yes
No
Other
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
RcsLite Perl library for version control without external RCS; backend API for other storage
Self-modifying XHTML file, can export into XHTML and WSIF
Security/Anti-Spam ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
No
Authentication Backends
.NET Membership platform
Internal authentication; anything Apache supports such as LDAP, NIS, AD, Kerberos
Supports per-page AES encryption
Host Blocking
No
Plugin
No
Mail Encryption
No
Yes
No
nofollow
No
Plugin
No
Blacklist
No
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
No
Delayed Indexing
No
Plugin
No
Development/Support ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Preview
Yes
Yes
No
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
No
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
No
Page Revisions
Unlimited
None
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
No
Sitemap
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Special Features ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Unicode Support
No
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Unknown
No
No
Interface Languages
1
English
19
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional
2
English, Italian
Email notification
No
Yes
No
Comments
No
Threaded
No
Categories
Optional
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
No
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Unknown
Optional
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
CamelCase
Optional
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
No
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
No
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
Plugin
No
Image Links
Optional
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
Plugin
Yes
Page Redirects
Unknown
Plugin
No
Syntax Features ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
HTML Tags
Some
All
All
Math formulas
No
Plugin
Plugin
Tables
none
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
Unknown
No
Yes
Markdown Support
Unknown
No
No
Textile Support
Unknown
Plugin
No
BBCode Support
Unknown
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Optional
Plugin
Plugin
Quoting
Optional
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
No
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Yes
No
Scripting
TWiki Markup Language, TWiki variables, JavaScript, extensive API
JavaScript
Content Includes
No
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
No
Yes
No
Usability ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Section Editing
No
Plugin
No
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
Plugin
Optional
Toolbar
Yes
Plugin
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
Yes
No
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
No
Statistics ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Recent Changes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Yes
Orphaned Pages
No
Plugin
Yes
Most/Least Popular
Optional
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
No
Plugin
No
Analysis
No
Yes
Unknown
Output ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Printer Friendly
Print View
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Unknown
Plugin
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
No
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
Yes
No
Abbreviations
No
Plugin
Unknown
Auto-TOC
No
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
No
Yes
Yes
HTML Export
No
Yes
Yes
XML export
No
Plugin
No
PDF Export
No
Plugin
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Embedded Video
Unknown
Plugin
No
Image Editing
No
Plugin
No
SVG Editing
No
Plugin
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
Plugin
No
Media Search
Contents
Filenames only
Extras ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Calendar
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
Image Galleries
Unknown
Plugin
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blogs
Unknown
Plugin
No
Ticket System
Unknown
Plugin
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ProntoWiki TWiki Wiki on a Stick
Internal Link
[pagename]
WikiWord autolink
Otherweb.WikiWord
[[Spaced text]]
[[WikiWord][label]]
[[WoaS test page]]
External Link
{title|url}
http://twiki.org/ autolink
[[http://twiki.org/][label]]
[[http://stickwiki.sf.net/|WoaS Official Website]]
Headlines
!, !!, !!!
---+ Level 1
---++ Level 2
---+++ Level 3
---++++ Level 4
---+++++ Level 5
---++++++ Level 6
= Header 1
== Header 2
=== Header 3
Bold Format
**bold**
*bold*
*bold text*
Italics Format
''italics''
_italic_
/italics text/
Underline Format
__under__
<u>underline</u>
_underlined text_
Monospace Format
=monospaced text= and
<verbatim>
multi line text
</verbatim>
{{{this text will not render wiki syntax}}}
Strikethrough Format
<<strike>> (using custom tags)
<strike>strikethrough</strike>
Superscript Format
<<super>> (using custom tags)
<sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript Format
<<sub>> (using custom tags)
<sub>subscript</sub>
Images
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page
%ATTACHURL%/image.png
http://any.domain/image.png
[[Image::woas.png]]
Aligning Text
available through custom tags
| left |   center   |   right |
or HTML
or CSS
Text Indentation
multiple spaces -> &nbsp;
<blockquote>
multi line text
</blockquote>
Bulleted Lists
+
++
+++
++++
* Item 1
* Item 1.1
* Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Numbered Lists
#
##
###
####
1. Item 1
a. Item 1.a
1. Item 2
* element 1
* element 2
* element 3
Definition Lists
$ Term: Definition
Horizontal Rule
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